by Saint Symeon the New Theologian (949 - 1022)
Ela, phōs alēthino
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
Ela, phōs alēthino. Ela, zōē aiōnia. Ela, kryµeno µystērio. Ela, akatanoµaste thēsaure. Ela, pragµatikotēta per' apo kathe logo. Ela, prosōpo per'apo katanoēsē. Ela, ateleytētē agalliasē. Ela, adyto phōs. Ela, adiapseustē prosdokia tōn sōsµenōn. Ela, anypsōsē tōn pesµenōn. Ela, anastasē tōn nekrōn. Ela, pantodynaµe, giati akatapausta dēµiurgeis, µetaµorphōneis kai allazeis ola ta pragµata µe µonē tē thelēsē su. Ela, aorate, pu kaneis den µporei n' angixei kai na psēlaphēsei. Ela, giati synechizeis panta na eisai akinētos, ki oµōs se kathe stigµē briskesai oloklērōtika se kinēsē• erchesai konta se µas pu eiµaste stēn kolasē, alla paraµeneis pio panō ki ap' ton urano. Ela, giati to onoµa su geµizei tis kardies µas µ' epithyµia kai einai panta sta cheilē µas• ki oµōs, poios eisai kai poia einai ē physē su, den µporoyµe na poyµe ē na gnōrizuµe. Ela, Mone sto µono. Ela, giati sy o idios eisai ē epithyµia pu brisketai µesa µu. Ela, anapnoē µu kai zōē µu. Ela, ē parēgoria tēs tapeinēs µu psychēs. Ela, chara µu, doxa µu, ateleiōtē µu apolausē.
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